A Case Report of a Bronchogenic Cyst Misconceived to Lung Cancer

폐암으로 오인된 기관지성 낭종 1례

Bronchogenic cysts are generally presented as a well defined mass that have thin and smooth wall in the intrapulmonary or mediastinal area by simple chest radiographs. We present the case of a 20-year-old man with a ill-defined left upper lobe mass, found by chest radiographs. At the preoperative examinations, chest computed tomography showed ill-defined mass with Hounsfield Number 26, and nonspecific findings were shown by the bronchoscopy and percutaneous needle aspiration. The patient was undertaken the left upper lobectomy. The surgical specimen contained a ill-defined mass, measuring $2{\times}3$ cm. On the section of the mass, a cyst containing dark brown thick materials was noted. The cyst was unilocular, and the wall showed a trabeculation. Microscopically, the cystic mass was lined with ciliated pseudostratified columnar epitheliums and surrounded by smooth muscle and cartilage.

기관지성 낭종은 보통 단순 흉부 사진상 폐실질이나 종격동 내에 얇고 때끄러운 벽을 가지며 경계가 뚜렷한 원형의 종괴 흑은 낭포로 발견되고 보통 Hounsfield Number 0-20의 음영을 가진다. 본 증례는 단순 흉부 방사선 소견 상 폐실질내 경계가 불분명한 종괴로 보이고 CT상 Hounsfield Number 26의 연조직 음영을 보여 폐암을 배제하기 위하여 수술까지 하였던 경우였기에 보고하는 바이다.